Justice for some: Comparative miscarriages of justice – Kent Roach

Note: Speaker is on ZOOM

Speaker: Kent Roach, C.M., F.R.S.C. Professor of Law at the University of Toronto

The differing concepts of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions and innocence will be discussed with an emphasis on differences between England and the United States. The inability of the English system to respond to the Post Office scandal and other recent failures such as the Victor Nealon and Andrew Malkinson case will be discussed as will the remedial legislation that overturned the Post Office convictions.

This is the fifth of our International Canadian Zoom lectures.

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